Wednesday, December 24, 2008

The Haunted Mansion (Golden Press, 1970)

And how about a little non-pre code xmas bonus too? I mean, what kind of “Ghost Story for Christmas” theme would be complete without the story told so damn brilliantly by Walt Disney and his Imagineers within the haunted walls of the single greatest Dark Ride ever created? It’s not just for the kiddies, but also everyone still young at heart too.

(FYI: these scans come from my original Golden Press book that I actually received for xmas over 35 years ago! Awww!)

For more about the real Haunted Mansion please check out the single greatest website devoted to it, DOOMBUGGIES.com …and what ever you do, don’t miss Jeff Baham’s incredible book The Secrets of Disney’s Haunted Mansion, featuring over 60 awesome pages of in-depth, behind the scenes Haunted Mansion history and facts!

There's also an excellent book called THE HAUNTED MANSION: FROM THE MAGIC KINGDOM TO THE MOVIES by Jason Sorrell. We just visited the Mansion this past weekend, and the recent enhancements are impressive, especially the axe-murdering bride!

>THE HAUNTED MANSION: FROM THE MAGIC KINGDOM TO THE MOVIES by Jason Sorrell.

Yes indeed, that is a great HM book too! Too bad about the Eddie Murphy movie though, eh?

I received an email from Jeff Baham and he says that he is working on a significantly revised and expanded version of his book (the current version is about 3 years old.) Should be available sometime this spring... I'll be sure to give everyone a heads up.

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